Publication Date:
2019-08-27
Description:
An airfoil family of helicopter rotor blades was designed. Three airfoils with thickness to chord ratios of 12, 9, and 7% were designed. Their improved performance in two dimensional rotor mockup wind tunnel tests led to testing of the tapered blades on four bladed rotors in a wind tunnel and flight tests on the Dauphin series of helicopters, confirming the expected gains.
Keywords:
AERODYNAMICS
Type:
NASA-TM-75907
Format:
application/pdf
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